Jodie Foster approves!

Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times

How did Ricky Gervais' schtick play to the crowd? A joke about the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. asking him not to mention Mel Gibson, his personal life, his politics or Jodie Foster's "Beaver" earned a thumbs-up from Foster. No controversy here.

How did Ricky Gervais' schtick play to the crowd? A joke about the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. asking him not to mention Mel Gibson, his personal life, his politics or Jodie Foster's "Beaver" earned a thumbs-up from Foster. No controversy here. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

How did Ricky Gervais' schtick play to the crowd? A joke about the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. asking him not to mention Mel Gibson, his personal life, his politics or Jodie Foster's "Beaver" earned a thumbs-up from Foster. No controversy here.